Hi all: The finders of the Tufted Duck are Larry Semo and Steve Mlodinow (though I don't know which of them actually found the bird). As Steve is moving to CO from WA, I thought everyone would like to learn how to spell his name, as the Tufted Duck will not be the last goodie he finds here. If you forget how to spell it, you can check the lead author's name on the book America's 100 Most Wanted Birds and of the massive article on identifying subspecies of Cackling Goose in North American Birds a while back. Steve is a regular contributor of identification and distribution articles in the birding literature and has been the lead author on the regional reports to North American Birds from WA and OR (as Larry Semo, Bill Schmoker, and I do for WY and CO) for quite some time.
Welcom to Colorado, Steve! Enjoy, Tony Leukering Villas, NJ Topic: Colorado Rare Bird Alert - January 19, 2011 Allison Hilf <[email protected]> Jan 19 06:53AM -0700 ^ Date: 19 January 2011 e-mail: [email protected] phone: 303-659-8750 compiler: Allison Hilf This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 7 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can skip the recording by pressing the star key (*) on you phone at any time. Please leave your name, phone number, detailed directions, including county and dates for each sighting. It would be helpful if you would spell your last name. Highlight species include: (* denotes that there is new information on the species in this report). TUFTED DUCK (Boulder) Note, last seen on Monday, January 17. TUNDRA SWAN (Boulder) Long-tailed Duck (Adams, *Larimer) Barrow's Goldeneye (Adams, Garfield, Summit) Dunlin (Adams) ICELAND GULL (Adams) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Boulder) Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo) Glaucous Gull (Broomfield) White-winged Dove (Huerfano) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Boulder) Curve-billed Thrasher (Jefferson) Winter Wren (Boulder, Douglas, Larimer) PINE WARBLER (El Paso) Swamp Sparrow (Boulder) White-throated Sparrow (Huerfano, *Jefferson) Harris's Sparrow (Huerfano, *Jefferson, Las Animas) GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (*Jefferson) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Huerfano, *Jefferson, Summit) Black Rosy-Finch (Huerfano, *Jefferson, Summit) Common Redpoll (Larimer) Adams County: --An ICELAND GULL (1st winter bird) was reported by Wild on the South Platte River near 88th Ave, just to the east of the green and white water tank on January 17 --5 Barrow’s Goldeneye (2 male, 3 female) were reported by Wild on the South Platte River on 88th Ave on January 17. --A Dunlin was found by Robinette about a 1/4 mile further south of the green and white tank on a sandbar on the east side of the river on January 7 and was seen again on January 12 by Chavez between the Duck Platform and the water tower. --A Long-tailed Duck was reported by Hundertmark at the Thornton Water Pond on the west side of the Platte River south from 88th on January 9 and was seen by Wild on January 17. Boulder County: --An imm. male TUFTED DUCK was reported by Semo and Mloninow at Golden Ponds in Longmont on January 17. Directions - from Boulder, take the Diagonal (CO 119) to Longmont. To get to Golden Ponds and the Fairgrounds, turn left (north) onto Hover Road. The fairgrounds are on the right just before (south of) the river. To get to the eastern section of the greenway, do not turn onto Hover Road, but stay on CO 199 through the southern part of town all the way to Main Street. Turn left (north) on Main Street and park in the strip mall parking lot on the left (west) side of Main just south of the River. As of January 18, the pond is frozen and there have been no more sightings of the duck. Birders are actively searching open water locations in the vicinity. --2 American Three-toed Woodpeckers were reported by Dunning in Rocky Mountain National Park on January 14. A female was just east of where the "camper trail" joins the trail to Ouzel Falls (about 2.3 miles from the winter parking area). A male was near where the Copeland Falls trail re-joins the trail to Ouzel Falls (about 1.5 miles in). --An ad TUNDRA SWAN was reported by Gent at the Valmont Power Plant on November 25 and was seen again by Floyd on January 16. --A Lesser Black -backed Gull (first cycle) was reported by Floyd at Waneka Lake (Greenlee Preserve) on January 13. --A Swamp Sparrow was reported by Floyd at Greenlee Preserve in Lafayette on January 9 and by Zorawowicz on January 13. --A Winter Wren was reported by Jurkouic at Golden Ponds by the spillway on January 12. Broomfield County: --A juv. Glaucous Gull was reported by P. Plage at the pond south of Highway 7 and east of Lowell Street (Parkside Center Pond) on January 15. Douglas County: --A Winter Wren was reported by Chavez at Chatfield State Park, below the dam, on January 14. --An American Three-toed Woodpecker was reported by Chavaz west of Sedalia on January 16. El Paso County: --On January 8 on the Fountain Creek Winter Bird Count, Pals reported a PINE WARBLER. Stachowiak reported it on January 16. Garfield County: --11 Barrow’s Goldeneyes were reported by Filby on the Roaring Fork River, viewed by looking downstream from the CR100 (Catherine Store road) bridge on January 16. Huerfano County: --An imm Harris's Sparrow and 2 White-winged Doves continue to visit the Nelder Yard in La Veta as of January 9. Their address is 151 County Road 359. --All 3 species of Rosy-Finches and a White-throated Sparrow have returned to the yard of Beverly Jensen in La Veta on January 10 and on January 12 a White-winged Dove joined the Rosy-Finches. If you would like to try to see these birds, call her at 719-989-1398. Jefferson County: --On January 17,Wild reported that the Harris's Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW, and all 3 species of Rosy-finches were seen at Red Rocks Trading Post. The Curve-billed Thrasher was also seen on the 17th by Bucher. Larimer County: --A juv. Long-tailed Duck was reported by Meyer on the Poudre River on January 18. Park at the North Shields Parking Lot and walk on the trail directly west until you hit the river --2 Winter Wrens were reported by Leatherman on the west side of the Poudre River ON JANUARY 14. One of the birds was at the north end of the cottonwood grove with snowberry understory north of the Bike trail and straight North of the Water Treatment Plant. The other was along the river just northeast of the outhouse building by the Northern CO Environmental Learning Center parking lot. --A flyover Common Redpoll was reported by Wild at the Timnath Wal-Mart parking lot (I-25 and Harmony) on January 12. Pueblo County: --A Great Black-backed Gull was reported by Sanders at Lake Pueblo Marina on January 16. Summit County: --16 Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported by Nims at the Blue River Water Treatment Plant in Silverthorne on January 14. --All 3 species of Rosy-finches were reported by Nims, at the Keystone Ski Resort, in the North Peak area, near the top of the Santiago lift on January 14. The DFO Field Trip for Thursday, January 20 is to Pueblo and will be led by Bob Shade 303 975-2476. Must register with leader for this full-day outing. Meeting place to be decided but it‟ll be an early start at 0630. Dress for changes in weather and, of course, bring lunch, water and snacks. The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, January 22 is to Belmar Historic Park and will be led by Karleen Schofield, 303-936-8661. Meet at 0900 at 800 S. Wadsworth. Turn west on Ohio Avenue from Wadsworth, straight ahead for 2 blocks into Irongate parking area next to the lake. 1⁄2 day trip, easy walking. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, January 23 is to Cherry Creek State Park and will be led by Mary Keithler, 303 771-1421. Meet at 0830 at the marina for 1⁄2 day trip, lunch is optional. Bring scopes for “far-out” waterbirds and treetop hawks scanning for prey. Parks Pass required. Good Birding, Allison Hilf, Denver, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
